Title - Cafeteria Car Excursion to Newport Cardiff and Swansea, Sunday 8th March.
Artist - Anon.
Description - This "Stock" poster used an image of people eating and drinking inside the cafeteria (buffet) car, to help portray the relaxed experience of the journey. British Railways would have had a large number of these posters printed with just the image, and then they would have been run through the printers again to add whatever wording was required at the time. This way one poster image could be reused many times and for many events over a number of years.
This example shows prices and times for departures from Tyseley, Small Heath & Sparkbrook, Bordesley, Birmingham Snow Hill, Smethwick West, Oldbury & Langley Green, Rowley Regis & Blackheath, Old Hill, Cradley Heath & Cradley, Lye, Wolverhampton Low Level, Dudley, and Stourbridge Junction.
Potential destinations were Abergavenny, Pontypool Road, Newport, Cardiff, Bridgend, Port Talbot, Neath and Swansea.
Excursion posters were always printed in small numbers, so very few examples have survived.
Year Published - 1959
Size - Double Royal (approx 40 x 25in or 101.5 x 63.5cm)
Other Details:
Original Vintage British Railways Travel Stock Excursion Poster.
Printed in Great Britain by Joseph Wones Ltd, West Bromwich; Also Birmingham and London. B.H. 19P B.H. 90
Published by British Railways (Western Region) P.R. 130 (for stock image).
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: B+, un-conserved.
Folds with slight wear through, some red ink bleed-across. More detailed photos are available on request if required.